24.假如

 

假如時光能倒流
我就挽住一個兒童的手
一起往昔日走
回到童年的稚幼


我常在悲哀中發愁
猜想那兒童
再出世會是什麼季候
在時光中行走
該珍惜的不能放手

假如水能夠回流
我會把一片落葉放手
任它去飄零哭愁
伴著週而復始的日月
一切很快蒼老白頭
遐想著死亡的凌厲
我更加珍惜生存的懷柔
在歲月中漂游
該捨棄的必須放手

假如舊日時光能夠回收
我就歸返過去重新開頭

在書桌前刻苦埋首
但從前不復再有

而今而後

我必須穩健

划好歲月的浮舟

 

在生存的時候
我不再在假想中滯留

 

24. If...

 

If I could go back in time

I would hold a child’s hand

And walk to the past

Back to the childhood we had

Worried and sad

Just wondering

When that child will it be born again

As the time passed so hurriedly

We should hold tight the child’s hand

And treasure each event

 

If the flowing water can be reversed

I would turn a leaf lose and observe

Let it drift down its own path   

To accompany the cycle of the universe

 

Soon I will grow old and dimmed

The hair will turn gray and rescind

Contemplating the mortality

I will cherish every moment of this life

Dispose of all possessions thankfully

 

If years could be retrieved

I would go back and start anew                                                

Walk steady and reserved

And study long hard and true

 

But there is no second chance

I’m looking back with regret

For that remaining time I track

I must stay cautious and alert

As long as I’m still alive

I will not waste any of my existing time